function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('#slideshow IMG.active');

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow IMG:last');

    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
//    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
//        : $('#slideshow IMG:first');

    // uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order

     var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
     var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
     var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );


    $active.addClass('last-active');

    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
}

$(function() {
  $('div#slideshow').onImagesLoaded(function(_this){
//    $(_this).fadeIn(10000);
		$('div#slideshow img').css('display', 'inline');
		setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 2500 );
  });
});

jQuery.fn.onImagesLoaded = function(_cb) {
  return this.each(function() {

    var $imgs = (this.tagName.toLowerCase()==='img')?$(this):$('img',this),
        _cont = this,
            i = 0,
    _done=function() {
      if( typeof _cb === 'function' ) _cb(_cont);
    };

    if( $imgs.length ) {
      $imgs.each(function() {
        var _img = this,
        _checki=function(e) {
          if((_img.complete) || (_img.readyState=='complete'&&e.type=='readystatechange') )
          {
            if( ++i===$imgs.length ) _done();
          }
          else if( _img.readyState === undefined ) // dont for IE
          {
            $(_img).attr('src',$(_img).attr('src')); // re-fire load event
          }
        }; // _checki \\

        $(_img).bind('load readystatechange', function(e){_checki(e);});
        _checki({type:'readystatechange'}); // bind to 'load' event...
      });
    } else _done();
  });
};